b'CLASS OF 2020CRYSTAL CRUISESTHE CRYSTAL ENDEAVOR DEBUTS IN JAPAN THIS SUMMER AS CRYSTALS FIRST EXPEDITION SHIP, PART OF A SERIES OF AT LEAST THREE 200-GUEST HIGH-END, LUXURY NEWBUILDS FROM GENTING-OWNED MV WERFTEN.LARSEN TAKES THE HELMCrystal Expedition Cruises named Cap- Captain Larsens seagoing career began tain Thomas Larsen the master of its newin 1984, at the age of 16, when he started expedition ship, the Crystal Endeavor.as a second cook before changing to the According to Crystal, Captain Larsendeck department. He climbed the ranks brings to the bridge decades of diverseand entered the Swedish Royal Navy and nautical experience that began in his na- then graduated from Kalmar Maritime tive Sweden and spans the cargo industry,Academy with a master mariner degree.Swedish Royal Navy, private superyachtsHe spent nearly two decades with an and numerous cruise ships. Asia-Paci c cruise operator as stacaptain He joined Crystal in 2016 as Captainand captain, helmed a private superyacht in of Crystal Esprit before moving to Crys- the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean, tal Symphony. and was recruited by Crystal in 2016. 19,800 200N N AGE GUE S TT O SS H$390,000,000 T I P MV WERFTEN S YO AC RDCRYSTAL ENDEAVOR 54 Cruise Industry News: MHA 35 thAnniversary'